Traffickers target society's most exposed
Would-be students and jobseekers in Gauteng could be targets for human traffickers.
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Would-be students and jobseekers in Gauteng could be targets for human traffickers.
They committed a series of offences including possession, distribution, downloading, grooming and making available child pornography
In April, the Joburg High Court found Ackerman guilty of more than 700 charges related to running a child sex ring among them rape, human trafficking and possession of child pornography.
The man who is only identified in South Africa as "Mr W" is facing extradition to the UK under similar charges
We do not have sentencing guidelines as other countries do, which stipulate that life sentences are exactly that – without parole.